#ninjago tournament of elements

[tornoleander]

IVE BEEN laughing at this clip ONLY KAI And Cole are fighting. LLOYD acting like it was a full team bonding fight while just standing there watching.💀

Also fact that no one else was helping at all almost makes Kai’s line “we make such a good team,” feel like flirting

[coffeeisfortheresponsible]

i love this weird lego show

OH ALSO FIRST TIME DRAWING SKYLOR AND GARMADON!

anyways i’m thinking about how this wasn’t garmadon actually planning on hurting skylor to be cruel, it was a strategic move to persuade chen. and well like yeah obviously,, but!!! this shows the difference in garmadon vs chen.

garmadon threatens skylor because he has a child himself, and he knows he would do anything to protect lloyd from getting hurt. he is assuming chen feels the same about skylor and that chen will immediately let them go to protect her. when he doesn’t, this is when audience is first shown that chen never really cared about skylor, and only really needs her for her power. idk just something about garmadon thinking that he is threatening chen with something he has to give in to, knowing exactly how he would react himself to protect lloyd, but instead discovering chen’s cruel enough to not care about the life of his own child.

screencap below v

[blazeeepy]

cannon

[kydv404]

psa to tip your local cultist-turned-restaurant-owner former snake woman with elemental powers

[kunshokunsho]

chen was to much of a coward to invite her

aka my take on TOE nya :]

[the-ninjago-historian]

So this Kronos guy and this scrapped elemental master are two different people. Interesting.

[adventuretolkienlover]

How to Watch the Entire Ninjago Series For Free in a completely Legal way!

Hey, I know this isn't usually a Ninjago blog, But I have something cool to show you Ninjago fans. Me and my brother regularly watch Ninjago together and it wasn't until recently I found out that some Ninjago fans are having a hard time watching the full series because of streaming. So I'm going to show you all how me and brother watch the full series completely free! With no illegal downloads or sketchy sites. This could also be helpful for those just getting into the series. Enjoy!

First head to Tubi! They have seasons 1 through 7! Everything from the pilots to Hands of Time.

Next, head to Pluto! They have seasons 8 and 9. Sons of Garmadon and Hunted!

Next head to Cartoon Network Asia! Don't be fooled by the title. The episodes ARE in English. They have seasons 10 through 15. March of the Oni, Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitsu: Fire Chapter, Secrets of Forbidden Spinjitsu: Ice Chapter, Prime Empire and Master of the Mountain! Although, a chronological list of the episodes order may by ideal, since a few are out of order on the site.

Finally, head to YouTube, for seasons 16 through 18. The Island, Seabound, and Crystalized.

And you're done! Now you can watch Dragons Rising properly reminded of all that came before. Happy watching!

[ashyart]

I recently got Tox the master of poison for my Ninjago collection and I wanted to try out some hair accessories to see which looks the best for her

[destinygoldenstar]

I want to talk about THIS scene from the episode "The Forgotten Element" in Season 4

This was the scene that spawned many Evil Kai AU fanfictions.

(And like... I get it)

As a kid, I was always jaw dropped by this scene, but I didn't understand this scene too much.

Like, what was the point of this Evil Kai AU if it was for a minute and it was resolved so quickly?

They were building this up the entire episode and even before it, so was that all for nothing? Did it not mean anything? What was the point of this anyway?

And then it clicked with me WHY that was.

The problem was that I was only focusing on what's present in the moment and not all around it.

In the moment itself, Kai is holding the staff, it holds too much power, it corrupts him and spills all of is bottled up negative emotions about destiny and the Green Ninja, how he feels about it all being wrong, that he was somehow 'not good enough' compared to a child, and how he should've been the one with all the power all the glory and all the abilities in is veins.

"You had all the power, now it's my turn!"

"Nothing that I don't already feel!"

"I should've been the Green Ninja!"

That's straight up TELLING.

And it makes sense. Kai wanted to be the Green Ninja more than anyone ever since he heard of that prophecy. Ever since he was told he was the Master of Fire by Wu he went from 'do everything for Nya and be a parent' to 'I can be special and worthy in a way I couldn't ever see in myself'. And then it all turned out to be for nothing, Kai being 'special' was all a lie, and the prophecy went to this bratty kid that Kai was tasked to babysit. Then Lloyd would proceed to be very well recognized and Kai was just... the forgotten member that nobody understands the motives of. 'You wanted to take the place of someone who did something sacrificially heroic? How dare you. SELFISH.'

BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT.

This all sounds like a villain origin story that would happen in the season, right?

The build up is all there. The bottled up emotions. Skylor's influence. Chen taunting him in this episode about it and getting into his head about his parents, something that is VERY PERSONAL to Kai.

So if it ended up being just ONE MOMENT and that's it, then this was all for nothing, right?

NO.

Why? Because that's not what this aspect of the episode is about at all.

This was all NOT build up to Kai becoming a villain.

This was about Kai REJECTING that villainous side of him.

He's been 'on the villain's side' at the start of the episode when Chen decided not to enslave him.

Another motif of this episode is what gets said over and over again in the B plot of the episode, that being the prison escape from the Noodle Factory. "The power of positive thinking"

Kai is learning this as well, but it's his own personal battle to come to that. Part of being positive is being positive about yourself.

He's been scolded for being selfish constantly. Again, how dare he want to take someone's place, someone who was better than him in every way and they all knew it. These people are oblivious, they can't read his mind, they're misinterpreting his words, and for some reason nobody apologizes for that.

We've seen him be insecure of his own abilities. When he feels like he can't do something, he goes 'If only I had this ability'. An example being the Digiverse.

Part of the lesson there was that he had to allow himself to have the power he needed to get out of a tight spot. As an old fashion and a devoted brother, makes sense why he'd struggle with this.

And then when Chen gets in his head, it's the same thing again, he's selfish and he wants the power and that's all he cares about.

Everyone is saying you're selfish, therefore it must be true.

And this is the first time Kai ever actually CALLS THE PERSON OUT for accusing him of being one dimensionally selfish.

Yes he falters back when Chen mentions his parents, but that's still a notable step. (And he would continue to call out their accusations in Possession)

The episode consists of Kai being on the villain's side and playing the role of the deceiver. Him being smart by playing the emotions of Chen and Skylor rather than be a logical thinker. (WOW. An episode that doesn't make Kai dumb and instead makes him smart in a way that fits his character. That is sad how rare that's shown anymore.)

And to do that he had to convince everyone that he was on the villain's side and that he has turned.

So THIS moment is not build up to Kai becoming a villain truly, it's a test on this own side of him that he must acknowledge exists. How this way of thinking isn't healthy, it's petty, it's not worth it, and he shouldn't be lingering on something when he himself is capable of so much.

And then NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT HOW KAI WAS THE ONE WHO BROKE THE STAFF AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

He could just grab the staff again and be corrupted again, and that's it. But HERE, there is no one paying attention to him to tell him what to do.

Which means this is all Kai's choice.

This is Kai CHOOSING to REJECT that villain inside him, and instead proceed to a more positive outlook, one that would benefit everyone.

That's countering all the selfish accusations more than anything else.

As a kid I was confused as to why there wasn't a scene where Kai acknowledged what happened when he was corrupted and how you go from that to 'Kai wants to protect Lloyd'

Him breaking the staff IS that scene. (It's just so fast that it's hard to see on a first couple viewings) He NEVER wants to see himself as that corrupted figure again, and is willingly choosing what role he wants to play now. That's the transition there from that Kai to Possession Kai. (Possession Kai = Best Kai)

This is one of my favorite episodes of the show because of how much justice was done here in so many ways.

[one-1-lobster]

Man, it must’ve been really tough for Lloyd in seasons 4&5 when he literally sees Kai almost get corrupted by the staff and then immediately to have to deal with Morro.

Like Lloyd witnessed Kai fighting for his sanity because he’d internalized the rejection of not being the Green Ninja. And then Lloyd sees that Morro actually did go kinda insane about the exact same thing.

And it’s all for a destiny Lloyd himself never asked for or wanted.

Idk it’s just Lloyd is slammed again and again with the fact that he’s the only one who never wanted to be the Green Ninja, yet he’s the only one who was always supposed to be the Green Ninja. And while that’s probably for a reason, it doesn’t make any of this any easier. Like Kai was so close to succumbing to his jealousy and Lloyd didn’t even know. And then for Lloyd to be tortured by someone was destroyed by that jealousy? Feels like salt in the wound.

Anyway, I’m just saying Lloyd (as always) handled that remarkably well.

[tornoleander]

It has been done IT TOOK SO LONG Rrrr

[zanethenindroid]

Boyfriends can be scared too

[falconinthealps]

The Tournament of Elements was break-up era Polyninja.

Think about it.

[kydv404]

A sorcerer and his little snake buddy

[ayverx]

Polls are just so fun c:

[the-ninjago-historian]

Chen's Noodle House Concept Art!

The colors. The COLORS.😍😍😍 I love love LOVE this one!!! It looks gorgeous! Look at those signs and lanterns!!! And the little noodle bowls! So pretty!